揣

揣 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 手山一月 (QUMB), four-corner 5202₇, composition ⿰扌耑)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 443, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12371
• Dae Jaweon: page 794, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1917, character 6
• Unihan data for U+63E3

Historical forms of the character 揣
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *toːlʔ, *sʰrolʔ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 耑 (OC *toːn).

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揣

1. to speculate; to guess
2. to measure; to estimate; to assess
3. to try; to attempt
4. to hold; to grab
5. a surname

揣

1. (Southern Min, Puxian Min, dialectal Eastern Min) to look for; to seek

   • 明知愛情是毒藥，偏偏一嘴甲喝落；等到情火一直燒，找無止痛的解藥。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     明知爱情是毒药，偏偏一嘴甲喝落；等到情火一直烧，找无止痛的解药。 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 蕭玉芬, 毒藥

     Bêng-chai ài-chêng sī to̍k-io̍h, phian-phian chi̍t chhùi kā lim lo̍h; tán kah chêng hóe it-ti̍t sio, chhōe bô chí-thiàⁿ ê kái-io̍h. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     clearly knew love is a poison, still drank it; by the time the fire of love was ceaselessly burning, could not find a painkilling antidote.

• The Hokkien term is usually used to look for something known that is lost, meanwhile Hokkien 覓 / 觅 (bā, “to search for; to hunt for; to seek”) is sometimes used for usually searching or making inquiries about what is not known, as per Douglas (1873).

揣

1. (Hakka) to guess

揣

1. ^† to measure, to estimate
2. ^† to shake, to rock

揣

1. Only used in 囊揣 (nāngchuài) and 掙揣／挣揣 (zhèngchuài).

揣

1. to hide or carry something in clothes
2. ^† to be pregnant
3. ^† to impose onto someone

揣

1. ^† to strike

揣

1. ^† to measure

揣

1. ^† Alternative form of 團 / 团 (tuán, “assembled; gathered”)

• Chinese Linguipedia (中華語文知識庫): chuǎi, chuài/chuǎi, chuāi/chuǎi
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01623
• Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Hakka (臺灣客家語常用詞辭典)
• Multi-function Chinese Character Database
• Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary (重編國語辭典修定本)
• “Entry #8434”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
• 周长楫 , editor (2006), “揣”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 , →ISBN.
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “bā”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 8; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 8

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: すい (sui)
• Kan-on: すい (sui)
• Kan’yō-on: し (shi)
• On: たん (tan)
• Kun: はかる (hakaru, 揣る)、さだめる (sadameru, 揣める)

揣 • (chwi, ta) (hangeul 취, 타)

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揣: Hán Nôm readings: súy/suý, sủy/suỷ

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